Prints
1810s British Regency Antique Prints
Hardwood, Paper
20th Century American Regency Prints
Canvas
20th Century American Regency Prints
Paper
1810s English Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Empire Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century European Empire Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Glass, Wood
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Prints
Paper
1810s Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century European Empire Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Prints
Giltwood
Early 19th Century Italian Regency Antique Prints
Copper
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century European Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century English Empire Antique Prints
Glass, Mahogany, Paper
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
19th Century Empire Antique Prints
Iron
1820s Austrian Empire Antique Prints
Alabaster, Bronze
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Paper
1810s French Empire Antique Prints
Elm, Paper
18th Century Dutch Regency Antique Prints
Paper
1830s English Regency Antique Prints
Paper
1810s English Regency Antique Prints
Canvas, Wood
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Paper, Wood
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Paper
1810s French Empire Antique Prints
Paper, Elm
1950s French Empire Vintage Prints
Paper
1990s Dutch Modern Prints
Paper
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Prints
Paper
1650s French Antique Prints
Paper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
Early 20th Century Prints
Paper
1950s Japanese Showa Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Paper
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Prints
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century French Rococo Prints
Paper
1950s French Empire Vintage Prints
Paper
19th Century English Regency Antique Prints
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century American Regency Prints
Wood, Paper, Glass
Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 1800s Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Prints
Giltwood
18th Century Empire Antique Prints
Giltwood
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century English Empire Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Prints
Velvet, Paper
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Antique and Vintage Prints for Wall Decor
Prints are works of art produced in multiple editions. Though several copies of a specific artwork can exist, collectors consider antique and vintage prints originals when they have been manually created by the artist or are “impressions” that are part of the artist’s intent for the work.
Modern artists use a range of printmaking techniques to produce different types of prints such as relief, intaglio and planographic. Relief prints are created by cutting away a printing surface to leave only a design. Ink or paint is applied to the raised parts of the surface, and it is used to stamp or press the design onto paper or another surface. Relief prints include woodcuts, linocuts and engravings.
Intaglio prints are the opposite of relief prints in that they are incised into the printing surface. The artist cuts the design into a block, plate or other material and then coats it with ink before wiping off the surface and transferring the design to paper through tremendous pressure. Intaglio prints have plate marks showing the impression of the original block or plate as it was pressed onto the paper.
Artists create planographic prints by drawing a design on a stone or metal plate using a grease crayon. The plate is washed with water, then ink is spread over the plate and it adheres to the grease markings. The image is then stamped on paper to make prints.
All of these printmaking methods have an intricate process, although each can usually transfer only one color of ink. Artists use separate plates or blocks for multiple colors, and together these create one finished work of art.
Find prints ranging from the 18th- and 19th-century bird illustrations by J.C. Sepp to mid-century modern prints, as well as numerous other antique and vintage prints at 1stDibs. Browse the collection today and read about how to arrange wall art in your space.